Ultrafast laser sources operating in the mid-infrared (mid-IR) region, which contains the
characteristic fingerprint spectra of many important molecules and transparent windows of …

Crossings of electronic potential energy surfaces in nuclear configuration space, known as
conical intersections, determine the rates and outcomes of a large class of photochemical …

Over the past decade, breakthroughs in the generation and control of ultrafast high-field
terahertz (THz) radiation have led to new spectroscopic methodologies for the study of light …

Ultimate control over light entails the capability of crafting its field waveform. Here, we detail
the technological advances that have recently permitted the synthesis of light transients …

A compact and stable method for generating high-intensity linearly polarized continuum mid-
IR and terahertz light using ultrafast femtosecond (fs) laser pulses is demonstrated …

Single-cycle pulses with a deterministic carrier-envelope phase enable the study and control
of light–matter interactions at the sub-cycle timescale, as well as the efficient generation of …

As a compact and burgeoning alternative to synchrotron radiation and free-electron lasers,
high harmonic generation (HHG) has proven its superiority in static and time-resolved …

Ultra-broadband, intense, coherent terahertz (THz) radiation can be generated, detected,
and manipulated using laser-induced gas or liquid plasma as both the THz wave transmitter …

We present a novel mid-IR source based on optical parametric chirped pulse amplification
(OPCPA) generating 96 fs pulses (9.0 cycles) at 3.2 mm with an energy of 1.2 μJ, at a …

We present a characterization of the combined spatial and spectral properties of the
terahertz (THz) and mid-infrared emission from gas plasmas generated and driven by two …